Kokubo Station
Kokubo Station 国母駅 | |
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|---|---|
| JR Kokubo Station, January 2006 | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Yamanashi (See other stations in Yamanashi) |
| District | Nakakoma |
| Town | Shōwa |
| Neighborhood etc. | 310 Saijō |
| Coordinates | 35°37′49″N 138°33′07″E / 35.6304°N 138.5520°E |
| Postal code | 409-3866 |
| (in Japanese) | 山梨県中巨摩郡昭和町西条310 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1928 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR Central |
| Line(s) | Minobu Line |
| Statistics | 373 passengers/day 2008 |
Kokubo Station (国母駅 Kokubo-eki) is a train station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in the town of Shōwa, Nakakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is located 81.2 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Minobu Line at Fuji Station. Although officially in the town of Shōwa, the border with the city of Kōfu runs through the middle of the station
History
Kokubo Station was opened on March 30, 1928 as a passenger station on the Fuji-Minobu Line.. The line came under control of the Japanese Government Railways on May 1, 1941. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. Scheduled freight operations were discontinued from November 1960. The station has been unattended since June 1983. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the Central Japan Railway Company.
Lines
Layout
Kokubo Station has a single island platform serving two tracks. The station is unattended
Platforms
| 1 | ■Minobu Line | For Kōfu |
| 2 | ■Minobu Line | For Fuji, Minobu |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Japan Railway Company | ||||
| Minobu Line | ||||
| Jōei | - | Kai-Sumiyoshi | ||
External links
- (Japanese) Minobu Line station information